Take a walk through Sanborn County Park
The next time someone tells you to go take a hike, you can. The Santa Clara County Department of Parks and Recreation invites the public to celebrate "Forest Conservation Days" with guided nature walks through the redwoods of Sanborn County Park on March 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The park, located on Sanborn Road off Highway 9, features the county's first whole-access trail, a paved path with handrails and safety features that allow everyone to enjoy full access to the forest.
The event is sponsored by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, the Society of American Foresters and the International Society of Arboriculture.
A $3-per-car entrance fee will be charged. For more information, call Park Ranger Mike Bacon at 867-9959.
More TV coverage of Council may be coming
Adjourned City Council meetings could soon be televised. The City Council has approved spending almost $8,000 on the purchase and installation of video equipment for live telecasts of the Tuesday night meetings. Regular City Council meetings, held on the first and third Wednesday nights of each month, are already televised on Saratoga's KSAR (Channel 6).
The funds for the project will come from the city's cable-access television refund trust account, which totals just over $60,000. The money in the account was awarded to the city last year through a court settlement with a previous cable operator and can only be used for public, educational or governmental community access purposes.
The maintenance and staffing costs for the extra meeting coverage, which amount to about $1,500 a year, will also be paid from the trust account.
Council approves computer purchase
The glitch holding up the city's purchase of hardware and software for a new computer system at City Hall has been worked out. The City Council has approved a contract with HTE-SMI, Inc., for the purchase and installation of central computer hardware and application software. The purchase, estimated at more than $200,000, was recommended by the Finance Advisory Committee in January but halted in February when City Council members requested more information on the project.
The computer system is part of the city's Technology Master Plan, approved by the council in May 1996 to bring City Hall up to technological speed.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, March 19, 1997.
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